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IEEE C57.12.00 Standard General Requirements for No-Load Loss & Exciting Current
Liquid-Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating No load losses are the losses of a transformer when
Transformers. excited at rated voltage and frequency, while not
under load conditions. No load losses include core
ANSI/IEEE C57.12.90 Standard Test Code for Liquid-
loss, dielectric loss, and loss in the winding due to
Immersed Distribution, Power, and Regulating
exciting current. The test is performed at rated
Transformers.
voltage.
ANSI/IEEE C57.12.01 General requirements for Dry-
Type Distribution and Power Transformers Including Impedance and Load-Loss Tests
Those With Solid Cast and/or Resin-Encapsulated A transformer under load, experiences an impedance
Windings which causes the ratio of the terminal voltages to
depart from the actual turns ratio. This internal
IEEE C57.12.91 Test Code for Dry-Type Distribution impedance consists of two components: 1) a
and Power Transformers. reactance, derived from the effect of leakage flux in
ANSI/IEEE C57.94 Recommended Practice for the winding, and 2) an equivalent resistance which
Installation, Application, Operation and Maintenance of represents all losses traceable to the flow of the load
Dry-Type General Purpose Distribution and Power current (I²R, Stray, and Eddie Loss). The voltage
Transformers. required to circulate rated current under short circuit
conditions when connected to the rated voltage tap is
NEMA Publication TR-1, Part 9 Audible Sound Level the impedance voltage, and the watt loss measured is
Tests the load loss. The standard tolerances by which the
Test equipment is periodically calibrated which can be impedance may vary are ± 7.5% of specified values
tied to the National Bureau of Standards and for two-winding transformers and ±10% for multi-
Technology (NIST) winding, auto, or other non-standard transformers.